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Monday, July 22, 2013

Surges of Sand Dollars!

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ~Epicurus

The beginning of the day today was homework, fun homework!Hubby fixed a few things around the
house and got them in tip top shape while I worked at some decorating, and
making our new home our own.

Since today was the full moon, we decided to go to the REAL
Sanibel Fish house for an early dinner and spend the evening on the beach in
order to catch the -.3 low tide on Sanibel at Gulfside City Park.

We immediately noticed an
abundance of dime to quarter size sand dollars, as we continued to walk toward
the lighthouse, the number of Sand dollars multiplied! It was amazing!! These
pictures just don’t do it justice!! I found a few that weren’t alive any more,
but I’m afraid there will be millions before it is all over. I have never seen
anything like it… everyone was talking about it. Unfortunately those sand dollars chased away the shells too!
J I got an apple murex and a
few scallops, but nothing else, and Hubby did not find one shell!! It was
amazing, you couldn’t walk without
stepping on them, the live olives were out by the groups also…..it must
be this full moon or something, it was quite an adventure!!

Sand dollars washing in and out with the waves

Sand Dollars and live Olives

It's difficult to capture it all, but every spot you see is actually a live sand dollar, from dime to quarter size!

Sand Dollars 'hiding' in the sand

More sand dollar trails

This one is going around in circles

I kept trying to capture this is pictures, but it doesn't do it justice, here is a video that will help!

I know we all feel like we are frequently swimming up stream...this guy shows that it can be done, and very quickly!! :)

It was a great time even if we didn't get any shells! As usual, Sanibel is a beautiful place!!I managed to get some things done at the house to make it feel like home!

This is a picture through the mirror of one of the bathrooms to show more...I love the shower curtain in here and of course, there are my shadowboxes!!

Our Sanibel Chart and my parent's table that I refinished and in our Florida Room, the chairs will be on the next trip, after I recover the seats!!

The front porch, small and difficult to take a picture of

We have new bedspread ensembles also, pictures of that later!!

Tomorrow (today) the cable guy comes and will hook up the TV
(although neither of us have missed it!) and our internet, so I will be back on
schedule with my daily updates after that!! (I hope) I have a couple of videos
from today that I can post then too!!

About Me

I'm an avid sheller, Mom, Gammaw, Hokie Football fan and cook...Not necessarily in that order!! I love the outdoors and everything in it and I like to take photos and this blog will be a place to share them!!
We are living our dream, well at least part time, we have purchased a home in Ft. Myers now that we get to visit fairly frequently, and hope to own on Sanibel one day!
After graduating from Virginia Tech Vet School as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) our Daughter and her Husband live in Blacksburg with our Grandson, Joseph! So we visit Virginia Tech and try to tailgate for every home game. We have 4 more Grandbabies in New York who have just gotten into the shelling there, we cannot wait to get them to Florida and do some shelling (here)! They all have been finding some real treasures, and the oldest is even Shellcrafting!
This blog is a way to share the many adventures that life continues to throw my way!! Thanks for stopping by!